Friday, March 29, 2019 - 3:00pm

AuSM Staff

Spencer Scott has joined automotive marketplace CarGurus as senior vice president of advertising and digital marketing solutions. Scott will oversee the company’s global advertising business and will also lead global strategy efforts for the company’s digital marketing products for dealerships. Scott... Read More

Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 3:43pm

AuSM Staff

The HGreg Group, which owns three Nissan dealerships in Canada, opened HGreg Nissan Delray Beach on March 6. The Florida location is HGreg’s first new-car dealership location in the United States.  (The group already owns several used-car stores in Florida.) In other dealership news, Jim Ellis Automotive... Read More

Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 12:36pm

Daryl Lubinsky, Correspondent

Used cars were always a major point of emphasis for Larry H. Miller. Miller, who founded Utah-based Larry H. Miller Dealerships in 1979, expected his business’ used-to-new vehicles sales ratio to be at 1-to-1. Miller died in 2009, but the company has continued to operate on his philosophy of the importance of... Read More

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 4:08pm

Daryl Lubinsky, Correspondent

In challenging times, used-vehicle sales are there to take up the slack. At least that was the case for Group 1 Automotive in the fourth quarter and full-year 2018. When times are good for auto dealers, used-vehicle sales also often play a prominent role, and that was the case for Asbury Automotive Group, too, as... Read More

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 12:41pm

Arlena Sawyers , Correspondent

 Amid concerns that 2019 will be a volatile year for new-car sales and that rising interest rates will erode profitability, Sonic Automotive reduced its employee headcount by 6 percent in the first quarter and is reining in capital expenditures, company executives said. So far, the company has identified around $20... Read More

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 6:00am

AuSM Staff

UPDATED: Headline and story text corrected to show that new vending machine location is in Pittsburgh.  Carvana notes that its new 130,000 square-foot vehicle inspection center in Indianapolis will increase the company’s production in the Midwest with annotation, full paint facilities, mechanical repair and... Read More

Friday, March 22, 2019 - 2:19pm

AuSM Staff

AutoNation Honda Hollywood has taken many steps to lower its energy costs and reduce its environmental impact in the community. Some of those steps include installing energy-efficient lighting and HVAC systems and state-of-the-art LED lighting in the interior and exterior of the dealership. Because of actions like that,... Read More

Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 10:55am

AuSM Staff

Kerrigan Advisors tabulated the figures and discovered the dealership buy/sell market recorded another year of tremendous activity in 2018, generating 6.9 percent in growth above the 2017 level and marking the fifth consecutive year of more than 200 transactions. According to The Blue Sky Report’s Year in Review... Read More